Library Online

Mrs Robinson has been making a range of Research Guides for the Science Department. They are linked for you below. You can use them in school or at home. Please let her know if you have any problems using them or if you have any links we could add!

Year 8 students

Here is the link to our Research Guides for your Physics and Biology topics:

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: Biology, Physics, research, research guides, Science, sixth form, Year 8

Welcome to our Year 11 students!

Click on the image below to go through to our Research Guide which will help you with your Controlled Assessment.

Alternatively, you can click on the link in the box below:

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: physical education, research, research guides

Welcome to Year 6 students! This post has been made to help you with your project.

Image by Tambako the Jaguar on Flickr

Please choose one endangered animal and find answers to these questions. You will then have to present your findings in a PowerPoint.

1. What does endangered mean?
2. How many of your animal are alive in the wild or in captivity?
3. What is your animal’s main habitat?
4. What are the main predators of your animal?
5. What is the lifespan of your animal?
6. Can you find out the reasons why your animal is endangered?
7. Can you find out what is being done to preserve it? Which are the main organisations working on this?

Here are a range of websites that Mrs Robinson has found for you. If you click on the link, it will open in a new window.

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: endangered animals, links, research, Science, students, weblinks, Year 6

Glad to see you have found our Library website! Mrs Robinson has been looking for the best websites for your research into Dutch Elm Disease.

Beetle Galleries by megankhines

If you click on the title below, you will be taken to our Delicious site where you will find more links.

Image is Beetle Galleries by megankhines on Flickr.

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: research, research guides, sixth form, students

As I work during the Summer I will be constantly adding my thoughts to this mindmap, made using Mindomo. A fantastic US teacher librarian , Buffy Hamilton, gave me the idea – so I am running with it!

Why not try this the next time you need to think something through:

See this on Mindomo and make one for yourself!

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: mindmapping, Mindomo, planning, thinking

Need help finding sources for your assignments? Do you need ideas to improve your searching? Well, why not have a look at the presentation below!

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: learning, online databases, research, sixth form, students, teaching

Electricity in the UK for the next generation

Dear Year 10 student,

I have put together some websites to help you with this assessment. If you click on the links below, you will go through to the Library Online page on Delicious. This is where I have gathered a whole lot of websites for you to see. I hope you find them useful.

• How power stations work
• Statistics on electricity production
• Fossil fuels
• Renewable energy sources
  • biomass
  • hydroelectric power
  • solar power
  • tidal and wave power
  • wind power
• Nuclear energy

Good luck with your work!

Mrs Robinson,
Librarian

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: electricity, Physics, research, Science, students, weblinks, Year 10

Effective Research: Recording, Referencing and Bibliography

This is the presentation that I gave you on Wednesday 16 June. You can watch the presentation again here. Also, it will stay on the Research Guides> Presentations page.

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: bibliographies, citation, Geography, referencing, research, teaching, Year 10

Mrs Robinson has put some web sites together for you on Acid Rain:

http://delicious.com/DixieLibrary/acid_rain

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: acid rain, research, Science, students

Keep up-to-date on this important event using this amazing service – Mashpedia. It collects (mashups) data from a range of sources, including blogs, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, new and images – fantastic!

General Election on Mashpedia

Mrs Robinson has also added a new General Election page to the Netvibes site:

General Election on Netvibes

Party Websites

• Conservative Party
• Labour Party
• Liberal Democrat Party
• Green Party
• United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)

Other General Election Resources

• BBC News – UK Election
• BUBL UK – List of all the political parties in the UK
• Electoral Commission
• UK Parliament
• Wikipedia – UK General Election 2010
• YVote - Mock Elections

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: General Election, news, research